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Memo: FCC Announces Updated Lifeline Minimum Standards

September 24, 2021

FCC Announces Updated Lifeline Minimum Standards Recent updates and clarifications regarding Tribal Lifeline have been added. Summary The FCC released a Public Notice on July 30, 2021 announcing the new Lifeline Minimum Standards that will take effective on December 1, 2021.   Fixed Broadband – 25/3 with 1229 GB of usage per month (speed remained…

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Memo: FCC Announces Census Blocks Eligible for Continued Voice-Only Lifeline Support

June 3, 2021

FCC Announces Census Blocks Eligible for Continued Voice-Only Lifeline Support Summary In the 2016 Lifeline Reform Order, the FCC began the transition to phase out the Lifeline support for voice-only services in an attempt to shift the focus of Lifeline benefits toward broadband services. The transition for voice-only supported services are: Until December 1, 2019…

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